MPLS TE tunnel problem

[kanaru]

Hi,

i created MPLS TE tunnel between three Cisco 2811 series routers and configured that MPLS TE tunnel will reserve 1Mbps of bandwidth.Then I started to send constant 3 Mbps data flow trough the MPLS TE tunnel (everything looks ok: tunnel is up, bandwidth is reserved, all the data flow entering the tunnel). The problem is that data flow leaving the tunnel at 3Mbps rate. Why tunnel don’t limit data rate?????

[Harold Ritter]

The tunnel doesn't do rate-limiting. Bandwidth at the tunnel level is only a control plane feature.

You need to configure admission control on the tunnel headend with CAR or some other form of rate limiting if you want to enforce the tunnel reserved bandwidth.

Hope this helps,

[kanaru]

Thanks Hritter for your comments and suggestion